中国春节风俗习惯详解

1、中国春节风俗习惯详解之大年初一初一：早晨包饺子。传统上北京根本上是北方地区的传统老人初一是不出门的，亲友、 同事互相拜年。First day of the New YearThe first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed

2、 that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Year's Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before.Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of t

3、heir extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.Some families may invite a lion dance troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Lunar New Year as well as to evict bad spirits from the premises. Members of the family who are married also give red packets containing c

4、ash to junior members of the family, mostly children and teenagers.While fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally very popular, some regions have banned them due to concern s over fire hazards, which have resulted in increased number of fires around New Years and challenged municipal fire depart

5、ments' work capacity . For this reason, various city governments (e.g., Hong Kong, and Beijing, for a number of years)issue d bans over fireworks andfirecrackers in certain premises of the city. As a substitute, large-scale fireworkshave been launched by governments in cities like Hong Kong to o

6、ffer citizens the experience.中国春节风俗习惯详解之大年初二初二：要祭财神，要吃 “元宝汤 馄饨。北方一般习惯是回娘家拜年团聚。Second day of the New YearOn the second day, the Chinese pray to theirancestor s as well as to all the gods.They are extra kind to dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.B

7、usiness people of the Cantonese dialect group will hold a 'Hoi Nin' prayer tostart their business on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. The prayer is done topray that they will be blessed with good luck and prosperity in their business forthe year.中国春节风俗习惯详解之大年初三、四初三：祭祖，一般父母一方已经去世的已婚女性，会在这一天回娘

8、家祭祖，并顺带拜年。跟 清明的 “上坟 不同，祭祖只是祭拜祖宗牌位。但在河北等地的农村，这一天同样是要 “上坟 的，一般都要带上点心，酒等祭品给已故祖先进行祭祀，并且放鞭炮让祖先 “过年 。一般上 坟只允许儿女等进行，嫁入本家的外姓人那么不参与祭祖。初四：一般新婚或者父母均健在的已婚女性，会在这一天回娘家拜年。Third and fourth days of the New YearThe third and fourth days of the Chinese New Year are generally accepted asin appropriate days to visit rel

9、atives and friends due to the following schools of thought. People may subscribe to one or both thoughts.1) It is known as "ch k cu"(赤口 ), meaning that it is easy to get into arguments.It is suggested that the cause could be the fried food and visiting during the firsttwo days of the New Y

10、ear celebration.citation needed2) Families who had an immediate kin deceased in the past 3 years will not go house-visiting as a form of respect to the dead, but people may visit them on this day. Some people then conclude that it is inauspicious to do any house visiting at all. The third day of the

11、 New Year is allocated to grave-visiting instead.中国春节风俗习惯详解之大年初五初五：穷日，在中国北方，这一天一般没有人出门拜年，因为这一天是 “黑道日 ，一般从春 节开始直到这一天才能把家里的垃圾扫出门，然后放鞭炮庆祝；有一副对联 “一脚踢出穷鬼 去，双手迎进财神来 即为对此风俗的描述。一般只有一些年轻人会在这一天举行朋友或同 学聚会。亦称 “破五 ，是要在家包饺子吃。Fifth day of the New YearIn northern China, people eat Jiaozi (simplified Chinese:饺子;trad

12、itionalChinese:餃子) (dumplings) on the morning of Po Wu (破五). This is also the birthday of the Chinese god of wealth. In Taiwan, businesses traditionally re-open on this day, accompanied by firecrackers.中国春节风俗习惯详解之正月十五十五：元宵节，很多公园会有挂花灯，猜灯谜等活动，吸引不少民众游逛。也会吃汤丸像征团圆。Fifteenth day of the New YearThe fifteen

13、th day of the new year iscelebrated as Yua nxi a 元宵节1),(otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei in Fujian dialect. Rice dumplingsTangyuan(simplified Chinese:汤圆 ; traditional Chinese:湯圓 ; pinyin: ta ngyu a n), a sweetglutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, is eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to